The University Committee on Research and Creative Activity (UCRCA) expands the capacity for research and creative activity at UNO.
The UCRCA makes funding recommendations to the Associate Vice Chancellor for Research and Creative Activity in a fair and transparent way. We support all areas, types and disciplines of research and creative activity by pre- and post- tenured faculty and graduate and undergraduate students at UNO.
Congratulations to the 2024-2025 UCRCA Awardees!
| PI Name | Area | Title of Project |
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Jessica Deitzer |
Criminology & Criminal Justice | Moving beyond single-decision scenarios: Evaluating the use of multistage vignettes to study proactive crime avoidance |
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Kelly Deuerling |
Geography/Geology | "Investigation of windblown sediment composition and distribution across the Omaha Metro: exploring impacts on water quality and linkages to geohealth" |
| Cristian Dona | Sociology & Anthropology | "The State and its Emigrants: Consular Reports of Chilean Citizens in the United States" |
| AB Gorham | School of the Arts | Exotic Quantum States #17 |
| Dongwoo Hahn | School of Health & Kinesiology | Alcohol-induced perturbation in the skeletal muscle and mitochondrial functions and its mitigation by antioxidant |
| Paula Jakopovic | Teacher Education | "Examining Preservice Elementary Teachers' Mathematics Identity Development through Pedagogical Intervention" |
| Ren Mendoza | Teacher Education | "Building Capacity for LGBTQI-Inclusive Research in STEM Education: A Pilot Study and Needs Assessment" |
| Allison Schlosser | Sociology & Anthropology | Geographies of Houselessness in Omaha, Nebraska: A Pilot Study of Spaces and Services for People Living Houseless in Omaha, Nebraska |
| Matthew Storie | School of Music | "Payadora Trio's First Album" |
| Zhihao Yu | Marketing and Entrepreneurship |
"The Impact of Video Background Blurriness and Construal Level on Video-Based Communication" |
An Interdisciplinary Committee
UCRCA members represent each of the colleges and various departments across the campus — and are recommended for appointment by the Faculty Senate to serve three-year terms. Funding for UCRCA comes from Facilities and Administrative Costs resulting from external grant and contract funding.
Learn more about our Charge.
| Faculty Information |
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| 2024-2025 Proposal Guidelines |
| Evaluation Criteria |
| Final Report |
Sample documents are available upon written request to unoorca@unomaha.edu.
Important Reminders: UCRCA submission process
OPTIONAL (but encouraged) pre-submission to subcommittees for constructive feedback.
All faculty applying for full UCRCA awards are strongly encouraged to use the pre-submission process before applying through NuRamp.
Deadlines to send a pre-submission to the UCRCA subcommittee for review:
- Fall round: WILL BE ANNOUNCED AFTER AUGUST 15, 2025
- Spring round: WILL BE ANNOUNCED AFTER AUGUST 15, 2025
PIs must email their proposal in a PDF format directly to the subcommittee head before the deadline listed above. PIs should select the subcommittee they feel is closest to the category of their proposal.
Subcommittee Heads Information
DO NOT EMAIL YOUR FINAL PROPOSAL SUBMISSION. THESE ARE FOR PRE-SUBMISSION FEEDBACK ONLY.
- For Arts and Humanities disciplines, email your proposal for feedback to TBA (coming August 2025)
- For STEM disciplines, email your proposal for feedback to TBA (coming August 2025)
- For Social Science disciplines, email your proposal for feedback to TBA (coming August 2025)
For collaborative proposals across multiple disciplines that are not clearly one of the above categories, please email unoorca@unomaha.edu.
Feedback Timeline
Feedback to PIs will be provided by the subcommittee no less than two (2) weeks before the submission deadline (deadlines announced August 2025). Proposals pre-submitted for feedback AFTER the deadlines listed above may not receive feedback before the full application deadline.
Deadlines
The UCRCA is now closed for submissions for the 2024/2025 academic year. Please check back in August for updated guidelines and submission deadlines.
- The application for full proposals will open 30 days before the submission deadline.
- Faculty mini grant applications are due the first working day of each month, October 2025 - March 2026.
- The mini grant application will re-open one week after each monthly deadline.
Application
The application for UCRCA proposals may be found in NuRamp. You will need your NuID and password to log in.